Work of the future

We are continuing to improve employment conditions, based on current and future social developments, as well as employees’ and applicants’ expectations of a modern employer. Issues such as flexibility, participation and individualization are highly important. Further developments are communicated to employees in a way that is tailored to the target audience, and feedback is provided on the aspects of employment conditions. The respective interest groups are always involved in the further development.

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Part of the Group initiative “People. Make. The Future.” involves systematic discussion of innovations and visions of the work of the future with the goal of addressing important strategic issues in good time, exchanging knowledge and testing new ideas. To this end, we regularly develop an overview of the relevant HR future trends with the HR trend map, which we discuss at various levels in DB Group in order to derive measures, projects and initiatives.

DB Group’s commitment to the diversity of its employees is anchored in the Strong Rail strategy. Every member of the Management Board has assumed responsibility for one dimension of diversity, with Martin Seiler, Member of the Management Board responsible for Human Resources and Legal, responsible for the topic as a whole. In addition, the diversity managers of the business units are available to employees as direct contact persons if they have any issues regarding diversity. Employees with specific diversity concerns are also supported by various bodies, such as the Group’s representative body for disabled persons or the “Social and cultural integration” project.

In 2022, we continued to implement a wide range of measures to ensure equal opportunities across genders and to create an inclusive working environment for all employees under the banner of the “Einziganders.” (Uniquely Different) initiative. These include further flexibility in working conditions with the introduction of “Wo Du Willst-Jobs” (“Jobs where you want”), in which employees can freely choose their place of employment within Germany, or the expansion of the intra-Group initiative “Frau Dich!” (Woman up!) which offers exclusive career advice for women.

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